Anatomy of a WinK

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A prospective chapter for the 2nd collaborative book (Book 2b).

Chapter Abstracts (entire directory)

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Abstract

This chapter is a case study of the Weblogging in Kumamoto (WinK) initiative, a project led by the three co-authors aimed at building a community of English-language bloggers (at present, mainly tertiary EFL students) in the Kumamoto region. The case study serves as a prism to engage with issues surrounding online engagement, choices of technologies, technical training to prepare students to engage with the primary objectives of the course, the fostering of community, and assessment, as well as issues specific to English-as-an-Additional-Language (EAL) courses.

Contributors

Family names	Given names
Tomei	Joseph
Lavin	Richard S.
Beaufait	Paul A.

Outline

• Anatomy of a WinK: WinK Case Study

  • Abstract

  • Background

    • Cultural context: Japanese tertiary education

      • institutional

      • technical

      • linguistic

      • attitudinal

  • Goals

    • Initial

    • Transitional

  • Structures

    • Tools

      • blogs

        • students' blogs

        • course blogs

        • group blogs

          • Vox
          • CiteULike

      • aggregators

        • metadata

      • wikis

        • information reposititories
        • collaboratories
          • learner
          • educator

      • ancillaries for creating and embedding content

    • Venues

      • homes

      • laboratories

      • libraries

    • affordances

  • Current Issues

    • accessibility

      • firewalls

      • permissions

      • connectivity

      • domestic computer ownership

    • functionality

    • language development

    • workloads

  • Revisioning

    • reorganizing

    • retooling

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Created: Jun 9, 2009 4:18 am
Last revised by: rickla on: Aug 29, 2009 12:39 am (UTC)

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